syncarp

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: syn=carp

CIDE DICTIONARY

syncarp, n. [NL. syncarpium. See Syncarpous.].

 A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

syncarp, n. a compound fruit from a flower with several carpels, e.g. a blackberry.

Etymology

SYN- + Gk karpos fruit